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Kurdish Armour Against Isis

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: New Vanguard - Tanks - Japanese, Israeli & Russian

MSRP old price: $19.00


Product Info

Title
Kurdish Armour Against Isis
Publisher
Category
Author
Ed Nash, Alaric Searle
Publish Year
2021
Pages
48
Dimensions
7.25x9.75x.25"
NKG Part #
2147926491
MFG. Part #
OSPNVG299
Type
Softcover
Series
NVG299

Description

One of the most remarkable mechanized campaigns of recent years pitted the brutal and heavily armed jihadis of Islamic State against an improvised force belonging to the Kurdish YPG (later the SDF). While some Kurdish vehicles were originally from Syrian Army stocks or captured from ISIS, many others were extraordinary homemade AFVs based on truck or digger mechanicals, or duskas, the Kurds' version of the technical. Before US air power was sent to Syria, these were the Kurds' most powerful and mobile weapons.

Co-written by a British volunteer who fought with the Kurds and an academic expert on armoured warfare, this study explains how the Kurds built and used their AFVs in the war against ‘Daesh', and identifies as far as possible which vehicles took part in major battles, such as Kobane, Manbij and Raqqa. With detailed new artwork depicting the Kurds' range of armour and many previously unpublished photos, this is an original and fascinating look at modern improvised mechanized warfare.